賽事前瞻：烏拉圭VS英格蘭
世界杯D組小組賽
比賽地：圣保羅
開球時間：6月19日晚8點（北京時間6月20日凌晨3點）
根據442足球網站6月19日報道，世界杯小組賽將迎來烏拉圭與英格蘭的生死之戰。
The lowdown
賽事前瞻
The World Cup is a brutal beast. You spend four years building state-of-the-art training complexes, conducting root-and-branch investigations into previous failings, and sourcing ergonomic pillows to accrue 0.5% marginal gains – and then you go and narrowly lose the first game. Suddenly, you’re a bad 45 minutes or so away from being as good as out of the tournament.
世界杯是洪水猛獸。一個球隊會花4年的時間建立起最頂尖的訓練體系，對之前的失敗進行全面徹底的分析，還會用人體工程學枕頭讓球隊提高0.5%的邊際收益——但最終比賽到了，球隊還是輸了第一場比賽。突然，這個球隊就會得到像是“糟糕半場的制造者”之類的評價，這并不像出局那么簡單。
Having made it to the last 16 in South Africa and the quarter-finals in 2006 with some deeply ordinary sides, it would be galling for England to be ejected from the Brazilian party early with a team that finally seems to possess a little carnival pizzazz. Daniel Sturridge’s finishing, Raheem Sterling’s nifty jigging, Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck’s relentless hustle, Ross Barkley’s brio-packed cameo: England’s performance in defeat against Italy was superior to most of the matches they have actually won in recent tournaments. They were simply outdone by an Azzurri that passed the ball outstandingly and finished clinically, epitomised by the peerless Andrea Pirlo.
很是平凡的英格蘭在上屆南非世界杯上，最終挺近16強，更在2006年進了4強。這次英格蘭若是輸給了看起來只有那么一點點激情的烏拉圭隊，早早打包回家，那實在讓英格蘭人令人氣憤。斯圖里奇的臨門一腳、斯特林的精彩過人、亨德森和維爾貝克的賣力拼殺、巴克利的活力四射：英格蘭在對戰意大利的表現比他們之前贏時的表演更出色。英格蘭隊只不過是輸給了意大利，要知道意大利傳球出色，冷靜進球，更擁有無可匹敵的皮爾洛。
Uruguay’s defeat to Costa Rica was an entirely different animal: it was an embarrassment. Having blown their chances to go 2-0 up in the first half, they were awful in the second. Costa Rica deserved credit, of course – and they may too beat England – but the Celeste’s lack of discipline, summed up by Maxi Pereira’s shameful dismissal towards the end, must be a major worry for gaffer Oscar Tabarez. At the moment, his team resemble the outfit that struggled to qualify for this tournament far more than the one that bustled to the semi-finals four years ago.
烏拉圭輸給哥斯達黎加則是另一番光景，他們輸得太難堪。上半場烏拉圭就錯失機會，沒能實現2-0領先，下半場他們表現更是糟糕。哥斯達黎加勝利理所應當，烏拉圭也有可能會打敗英格蘭隊，但是“天藍軍團”缺乏紀律性，從后衛佩雷拉丟臉的被罰下場就可見一斑，這是烏拉圭主帥塔瓦雷斯最為擔憂的。現在，他的隊伍與四年前那個高歌猛進闖進半決賽的隊伍相比強了很多。
Can the Three Lions do it when it really counts, however? The apparent fearlessness of their play against Italy certainly seems to suggest they can, and they’re talking the talk too – although it’s a bit rich to hear Sturridge suggest that England “don’t fear” Luis Suarez, a man that he’s spent an entire season eulogising as the absolute terror we all know he is.
但是，當生死之戰到來之時，三獅軍團能否突圍？從他們毫無懼意的對戰意大利隊，我們不難看出他們完全可以，而且他們也正說到做到。盡管斯圖里奇表示英格蘭“不怕”蘇亞雷斯，但是斯圖里奇還是花了整整一個賽季表示蘇亞雷斯絕對恐怖。
But words count for nought in the heat of battle, and England’s recent history suggests that when the pressure is on at a World Cup, either total capitulation or heroic defeat are the default response. If this really is a new-look and fear-free England, now is the time to prove it.
但是比賽將至，任何話語都沒有意義。而且從英格蘭最近的表現可知，當世界杯的壓力來襲，他們不是完全投降，就是英雄般的勝利。如果這只英格蘭球隊是面目一新、無所畏懼的，那么現在是時間證明這一切了。
What the local media say
當地媒體的聲音
“Suarez knows all the players in the England team; either they are his companions or his rivals. ‘They have defensive weaknesses that we can exploit,’ he says, ‘but I won’t tell the press what they are.’ Uruguay must move forward and use its personality, its team spirit, to win.” - El Pais.
西班牙《國家報》表示：“蘇亞雷斯了解所有英格蘭球員，他們不是他的隊友，就是他的對手。他說：‘我們可以發現他們的防守弱點，但是我不會告訴媒體弱點是什么。’烏拉圭定要前進，利用它的球隊個性、球隊信念來取得勝利。”
Key battle: Luis Suarez vs Phil Jagielka
關鍵對位：蘇亞雷斯VS賈吉爾卡
Will the Premier League’s most notorious evil foreign comedy villain play? Suarez has merely lurked on the sidelines so far this World Cup, but timing is crucial to great theatre, and the Uruguayan mischief-maker and PFA Player of the Year looks likely to take centre stage against his adopted nation. Few would be surprised should he produce a couple of flashes of half-fit genius to pack half his Liverpool team-mates back off home; the scenario is almost written already in our collective consciousnesses – especially if there is an element of underhand jiggery-pokery.
英超最臭名昭著的邪惡外籍喜劇式惡棍是否會上場？本屆世界杯上，蘇亞雷斯還只是在場外潛伏著，但是好劇就要有好點，這個球場上的淘氣包、英超年度最佳球員看起來會在對戰英格蘭這個收留了他的國家時，成為舞臺的焦點。如果沒有完全傷愈的蘇亞雷斯迸發出他的天才實力，把他一半的利物浦隊友送回家，沒有人會感到驚訝。這樣的場景幾乎已經書寫在我們的集體意識里了——尤其是如果有騙局揭露的時候。
Therein lies half the problem: Suarez lining up – fully fit or not – will be an early psychological dig to an English side who have either watched him outwit all comers, or helped him to do it, over the last season. Jagielka, a fine defender who has built a solid partnership with Gary Cahill, is a prime example: he was powerless to stop the Uruguayan in Liverpool’s 4-0 rout of Everton back in January, and should Suarez be on top form is unlikely to have an answer. Limit him better than the Celeste’s stoppers can cage England’s lively forward line, however, and he might just have done enough.
這就是問題的一半。不論傷愈與否，若蘇亞雷斯出戰，這對英格蘭隊來說將會是心理打擊，因為英格蘭球員在上個賽季不是親眼看見過蘇亞雷斯輕松解決對手，就是幫他解決對手。賈吉爾卡，一名出色的后衛，與卡希爾配合默契。他就是最好的例證：一月，他就沒能阻擋蘇亞雷斯，眼睜睜看著利物浦以4-0強掃埃弗頓，如果蘇亞雷斯狀態極佳，比賽結果就更不好說了。既要限制住蘇亞雷斯，又要更好地防著烏拉圭的后衛，英格蘭隊活躍的前鋒線就要損失掉了，如此一來，蘇亞雷斯的作用其實就起到了。
Facts and figures
基本資料和數據
England are winless against Uruguay at the World Cup. They’ve met twice: in 1954 (Uruguay won 4-2 in the quarter-finals) and 1966 (0-0).
England recorded their highest ever World Cup pass-completion rate (91%) in the opening match vs Italy (1966-2014).
England have never conceded 2+ goals in 3 successive World Cup games before.
（1）英格蘭在世界杯上從未贏過烏拉圭。兩隊曾有兩次交鋒：1954年（4強賽，烏拉圭4-2戰勝英格蘭），1966年（0-0）
（2）在與意大利對戰時，英格蘭得到他們1966年至2014年所有世界杯中的最高傳球成功率（91%）。
（3）英格蘭從未在連續3場世界杯比賽上進球數超過2。
（譯者 孫喆 編輯 齊磊）
